Presidential ratings : Lessons and liabilities / Meena Bose. Part I: How does the public evaluate presidents? Ranking the presidents : continuity and volatility / James P. Pfiffner -- Evaluating the president : the public's perspective through the prism of pollsters / Stephen J. Wayne. Part II. How does political partisanship influence presidential ratings? Presidents and significance : partisanship as a source of perceived greatness / Tim H. Blessing -- Partisan biases in presidential ratings : Ulysses, Woodrow, and Calvin ... 'We Hardly Knew Ye' / Alvin S. Felzenberg -- Reflections of a presidency rater / Richard M. Pious. Part III: Rating the presidents : purpose, criteria, consequences. Commentary / James MacGregor Burns, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Fred I. Greenstein. Afterword: Of pantheons, rankings and reputations / Mark Landis